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At the 2017 Woodland Community College Foundation’s Founders Day Dinner Jose Barajas of The Savory Café prepares salads (or desserts).

Woodland Community College’s Foundation will host its sixth annual Founders Day Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 9.

The event — which honors those who helped Woodland Community College grow — will be conducted in the WCC Community Room, located in the Library Building at the south end of the Gibson Road campus. A highlight of this year’s program will be commemoration of the 10th anniversary WCC becoming California’s 110th community college, joining Yuba College in the Yuba Community College District.

While proceeds support several student programs, a continuing priority is ensuring adequate funds for the Dorothy Minges Student Emergency Fund. Other programs supported by the Foundation are the printing of INK, the student literary magazine, and the annual student Research Symposium.

The WCC Foundation has a growing presence within the community. In October 2016, the Foundation raised funds and hosted the groundbreaking for the Agriculture Department’s new greenhouse. In October 2017, the Foundation co-sponsored the ribbon cutting ceremony for that Greenhouse, a state-of-the-art agricultural education facility. Also, the Foundation received a $30,000 donation from the Woodland Rotary Club for an electronic marquee at the campus’ Gibson Road entrance, and the Monsanto Fund provided a $20,000 grant to refurbish the existing greenhouse.

The 2018 Founders Day Dinner will feature a Savory Café prepared buffet with beer, wine, soft beverages and dessert. Jim Hilliard and John Rominger will play background music until 6:30 p.m. when dinner will be served, followed by the program.

Tickets are $50 per person. For tickets or to sponsor the event, visit: https://wcc.yccd.edu/foundation/ or send a check payable to “WCC Foundation” to: Ana Villagrana, Secretary to the President, Woodland Community College Foundation, 2300 E. Gibson Road, Woodland, CA 95776.